Gauteng

(The statement below was issued by the NAPTOSA Executive Director, Mr Henry Hendricks, on Friday, 11 September 2015.)NAPTOSA welcomes the joint decision to postpone the 2015 ANA until 2016. The decision was taken following lengthy deliberations between the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and unions in the Education Sector, including NAPTOSA, on 8 and 10 September 2015 in Cape Town and Durban respectively. The postponement will allow for the remodelling of the ANA by a joint task team that will comprise of Union Principals and Senior DBE officials. It was also agreed that the remodelling will take place before the end of 2015.